chinoiserie

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
chinoiserie
    n 1: a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately
         decorated and intricately patterned
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chinoiserie \Chi`noi`se*rie"\ (sh[=e]`nw[.a]`z'*r[=e]"), n. [F.]
   1. Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a
      specimen of Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. a style in art reflecting Chinese influence, being
      elaborately decorated and intricately patterned.
      [WordNet 1.5]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "chinoiserie":
      arabesque, baroque, baroqueness, elaborateness, elegance,
      fanciness, fineness, flamboyance, floridity, floridness,
      floweriness, luxuriance, luxuriousness, moresque, ostentation,
      overelaborateness, overelegance, overornamentation, richness,
      rococo
antiflux / dictionary / chinoiserie
[email protected]